From mathematical cookie cutters to wormholes, we pick favourite 3D-printable objects. Also, download an exclusive New Scientist Christmas tree ornament – a ...

One of my first discoveries about 3D printing was the large number of mostly-free objects people have designed and made available for you to simply download and print. You don't have to have an iota ...

If you own a $2,900 MakerBot 3D Replicator printer, you probably want to do something with it. The company’s new MakerBot PrintShop app for the iPad is designed to get you going. The MakerBot ...

Consumer-level 3D printing technology has moved ahead in leaps and bounds in recent years with the release of devices such as the Thing-o-Matic, the Replicator and Cubify 3D printers. Proponents of ...

3D models drawn in Blender work great in a computer animated virtual world but don’t always when brought into a slicer for 3D printing. Slicers require something which makes sense in the real world.

Printers have come long way since the days of dot matrix, hitting milestones along the way like color and laser printing. Now printers are going 3D, printing real objects. Though companies have been ...

Rick Broida is the author of numerous books and thousands of reviews, features and blog posts. He writes CNET's popular Cheapskate blog and co-hosts Protocol 1: A Travelers Podcast (about the TV show ...

So first there was the online creation of pretty simple items like business cards and T-shirts – businesses which cut out the old middle-man way of doings things. Soon there will be a way to create ...

People who like coffee can now make java-based objects with their 3D printers using a coffee filament manufactured by 3Dom USA called Wound Up, produced in partnership with Fargo, North Dakota based ...

3D printing creates solid objects from the additive process of layering plastics, metal, wood, synthetic fibers, and more. You can 3D-print your own designs using a ...